Cromford & High Peak Railway

The Cromford & High Peak was a wonderful piece of railway, high in the Pennine hills. Originally conceived as a canal, it had long level sections interspersed with fearsome gradients, inclines and sharp curves. My early visits to the line were long before I had a camera, but I did manage several trips with a camera, including the final day of working on 30th April 1967. Here are a few pictures to start with, more to be added! Black & White photos are taken with a Voigtländer Perkeo I folding camera on Ilford HP3 film, colour photos with the Voigtländer Vito CLR 35mm camera on Agfa CT18 film.

Looking up Sheep Pasture Incline to the winding-house and bothy at the summit. The old steam winding-engine had been replaced by an electrically driven system and the incline was still in use at this time, though the participants of the RCTS "High Peak Railtour" had to walk down the incline. The engine-house is still there today, though it is an empty shell and the trackbed is now well wooded as part of the"High Peak Trail" footpath. Saturday 27th June 1964. Slide No. 758.